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A King (n.) like ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠father, brother or husband names a man and at the same time implies something separate and exterior to him, while black, merry, thirsty and angry stay within.

The King (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠little more than a general among the American Indians: absolute in war, but with very moderate sovereignty at home in peace.

The King (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the image, phantom or representative of the commonwealth, with no will but the law's; when he acts by his private will he becomes a single private person with no right to obedience.

A King (n.) stops ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠being a king in a settled kingdom and degenerates into a tyrant the moment he leaves off ruling according to his laws.

The King (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠hands his kingdom to a foreign power loses his own power in it without passing the least right to the foreigner — and so sets his people free.

The King (n.) stops ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠being king wherever his authority stops; where he has no authority he may be resisted like any other man.